Australian Olympic gold medallist Cam McEvoy says he expects his performance in the Las Vegas competition will be measured against athletes using drug-enhanced methods and banned supersuits. Multiple outlets report that McEvoy is preparing for the Enhanced Games, a meet scheduled for Las Vegas, where organisers allow prohibited “enhanced” approaches that are not permitted under standard swimming rules. The articles describe McEvoy’s view that any times produced by competitors using those banned supersuits and drug-enhancement will not count as official world-record or record-eligible results. The outlets also note that McEvoy’s world record effort is central to the coverage: his aim is still to swim at record pace, even though the governing context around equipment and substances means the results may be treated differently from conventional events.
While the reporting focuses on McEvoy’s stance, it also reflects broader uncertainty around how performances at the Enhanced Games are recognised, particularly compared with established Olympic and world-record standards. The common thread across the sources is that McEvoy faces a field he describes as using banned technologies that affect how outcomes are credited.
